# Accident 20080505835569A: Piper PA25235, Mountain Grove, MO, May 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2008, 07:25 local time
- Place: Mountain Grove, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NEHG
- Location: 37.1206° N, 92.3111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1206&lon=-92.3111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6944Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6944Z-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,521 total, 2,721 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505835569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PIC, AND SUPPLEMENTED BY A MO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL INCIDENT REPORT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD ALREADY COMPLETED TWO SPRAY PASSES IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60.  ON HIS THIRD PASS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A UTILITY POWER LINE DURING HIS PULL-UP.  THE WIRE STRIKE DIVERTED THE AIRCRAFTS FLIGHT PATH TO OVER A NEARBY RESIDENCE, WHERE IT STRUCK THE TOP OF A LARGE TREE BEHIND THE HOUSE, AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND.  IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SECURED BY A FOUR-POINT HARNESS AND WEARING A FLIGHT HELMET, REMAINED CONSCIOUS, AND WAS ASSISTED WITH EXTRICATION BY AN OCCUPANT OF THE RESIDENCE.  HE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED BY EMS HELICOPTER TO A HOSPITAL IN SPRINGFIELD, MO, AND WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN08CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA084), May 5, 2008: Piper PA-25-235 (N6944Z), Mountain Grove, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power line.

## Other reports on N6944Z (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810629056489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810629056489I), Jun 29, 1981: Piper PA25235 (N6944Z), Rolla, MO, Minor damage. Ag pilot allowed aircraft to it tree during spraying operation.
- [Accident 19790429010479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790429010479A), Apr 29, 1979: Piper PA25235 (N6944Z), Camdenton, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing agricultural operations. Witness saw aircraft fly into the ground on procedure turn.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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